Do you think it's ok to shop online while at work?

Question

Do they get mad when you buy clothes online?

Answer 1

I have purchased both books and CDs online. Where I used to work, they had eBay blocked, so that was not available.

The company I used to work for monitored Internet usage all the time. It was common knowledge that they were aware of the various sites people visited. Certain websites were blocked such as eBay, personal webmail on the internet, and various other websites such as sex websites.

If it appeared that people were abusing the Internet, the department manager would call them in to his office for a brief conversation. The IT department regularly supplied him with a list of websites people in the department visited, and he had a way of knowing whether people were shopping or reading the New York Times online.

If you abused the Internet, you would be written up and a negative comment would be placed in your personnel file. Abuse of the privilege could hit you in your paycheck during the following year.

Answer 2

Online Shopping Simply put, it is any form of sale that is done over the internet. Shopping has certainly gotten a new definition since the arrival of the internet. Because of what the internet has to offer, that is, any person or company from any part of the world who is able to post and sell goods on the internet via a website is able to sell. Traditional Shopping Imagine going to a store, think of your favorite store in the nearest mall to where you live. You get into the store, slowly walking from rack to rack, checking out the display, putting a dress over your body and trying to check out your reflection on one of the nearby full-view mirrors that are placed all around the store. You move on to the next display rack, and probably make another selection and do the same thing you did earlier. This is what traditional shopping is about. Having the ability to physically choose and check out what an item or product is like, would look like, and what its features are.

Answer 3

well, if you're buying clothing that you'll wear to work.. it's arguable. If you're buying things that are definately personal, then think about it.

example... your hair grows on the clock, so it should be cut on the clock.

most employers have a policy in effect that any 'personal' or activities 'deemed inappropriate' involving a computers usage are violations and allow for dismissal.

as long as you're not doing all your shopping and are getting your work done and prioritize correctly, most shouldn't really have an issue... it's about the 'balance' of it (of course there are gung ho managers that want to enforce everything (but are usually in violation themselves)).

Answer 4

they won't get mad if u buy clothes online.... but u need to put ure online shopping in place... U DON'T DO ONLINE SHOPPING WHILE YOU'RE AT WORK! even if you're not doing anything... it's not right... they're paying you 2 do your work... not to do online shopping

Answer 5

It's definitely not okay. But a lot of people do it. Doing anything personal while you're supposed to be working (i.e. running errands, taking personal calls or e-mail, shopping online or answering Yahoo! questions) is frowned upon by companies who are paying you and expecting you to fulfill your work-related obligations.

Answer 6

you can shop. just make sure you're work is done and if something comes in you handle it right away. and dont linger online. if its your lunch hour you can shop all you want, but if you are working id only go to "shops" where i know what i want so i can get it done quickly.

Answer 7

You could be fired. The boss isn't paying you to shop for clothes. Use your head.

Answer 8

I think it'd be a bad idea to shop for yourself online when you are at work.

Answer 9

strictly speaking it could be a sackable offence but most employers will be flexible as long as you don't take the piss and spend hours on it. Why not do it during your lunch break, so they don't feel they're paying you to shop?

Answer 10

If it takes more than 5 minutes.